HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Antilochus, Iliad, Threnody
11 Dec 2017
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Book 17 is all about getting back the body of patroklos: menelaos ghts everyone and stands over the body of patroklos, ready to kill anyone who tries to touch his body. Euphorbos, who was the second person to strike patroklos down, gets killed by. Menelaos: apollo was the rst to strike patroklos, and the third and nal was hector. Ajax and hector clash over patroklos"s body: hector wants to haul o the body of patroklos and give it to the dogs of troy, ajax comes in like a lion to protect patrokos"s body. Antilochos goes back to the camp of the greeks to tell achilles the bad news. Thetis hears the news, and she sings a threnody, which is the song of death that you sing during mourning.
